Wednesday, November 2, 2011

New Girl Splits WIth "Cutie"

Two years after tying the knot, actress/singer Zooey Deschanel and musician Ben Gibbard are going their separate ways. A rep for Gibbard, frontman for the band Death Cab for Cutie, confirmed the split to CNN.

An unnamed source tells Us Weekly that the split was amicable and mutual, and wasn't caused by a third party.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the pair met through a mutual manager three years ago (Zooey's also in a band of her own: She & Him). The two wed near Seattle in 2009 after Gibbard proposed to Deschanel with a three carat diamond and platinum ring, People magazine reports.

In a recent interview with iVillage, Deschanel opened up about her relationship with Gibbard, reiterating that marriage takes work.

"The most surprising thing is that it's not really different," she said in the July, 2011 interview. "You still have to make a commitment and think about that commitment every day. It's not like you get married and then all the work is done for you. You get married and you're still in a relationship and you're still doing your best to make it the best relationship you can...You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding."

Professionally, Deschanel is staying plenty busy: Her Fox show "New Girl" has been a success and was picked up for a full season earlier in the fall, and she just released her Christmas album, "A Very She & Him Christmas."

About Me

well, i was born april 13th (Aries) 1983(boar) in Melbourne australia at about 130am. i went to SDSU and tranfered to UCLA in 2006. i love music, beats, movies, and manga. i like to live life day to day, and free-bird it all the way through life. i live in echo park, i frequent Faultline bar off melrose.